Counters

Each month this year we’re bringing you a post under the general title “Things that Count in [Number]” where [Number] will be the month. And naturally each month’s post will contain the [Number] of items (so just one for January, up to 12 for December).

For our purposes the definition of counting includes things which either come in groups of [Number] (eg. four suits in a pack of playing cards) or things which count in [Number] (eg. decimal coinage counting in tens).

Things which Count in Eight …

  1. Oarsmen
  2. Archangels
  3. Maids a-milking
  4. Pints in a gallon
  5. Legs on a spider
  6. Planets
  7. Corners on a cube
  8. Records on Desert Island Discs